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They couldnt read properly
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How did the old laws against teaching slaves to read and write make a difference after the civil war?
They made literacy tests an easy way to prevent freed slaves from voting.
How did old laws against teaching slaves how to read and write make a difference after the civil war?
They made literacy tests an easy way to prevent freed slaves from voting.
Which of the following kept freed slaves from voting in the southa. Poll taxB.CarpetbaggersC.ScalawagsD. Literacy test?
Literacy Test cuz they couldnt read
How did old laws against slaves to read and write makes a difference after the civil war?
They made literacy tests an easy way to prevent freed slaves from voting.
How did southerners keep former slaves from voting?
they made the poll tax law, literacy lawand the grandfather clause to prevent MOST freed black men from voting
How did all laws against teaching slaves to read and write make a difference after the Civil War?
They made literacy tests an easy way to prevent freed slaves from voting.
What was the purpose of literacy tests for voters in southern states?
The literacy tests were designed to prevent voting by the majority of freed slaves and their descendants, in order to prevent them from influencing local elections where they represented a substantial number of the populace. These laws ultimately affected the succeeding generations and were eventually removed as unconstitutional.
How did old laws against teaching slaves to read and write make adifference after the Civil War?
They made literacy tests an easy way to prevent freed slaves from voting APEX
What did Jim Crow laws poll taxes and literacy tests have in common?
Jim Crow laws segregated, poll tax and literacy tests prevented most freed slaves from voting, because one of the amendments said voting can not be prevented because of skin color, it was too specific.
How did white southerns attempt to keep freed slaves from voting?
They threaten they would kill them.
How did the southern states prohibit African Americans from voting after Reconstruction ended?
they created poll taxes and literacy tests to stop African Americans from voting; the taxes succeeded because the newly freed African Americans had been forbidden to read as slaves, and had little, or no money to vote with.
What is literacy tax and poll tax?
A poll tax was an amount of money that a person was forced to pay in order to vote. After the Civil War in the South, poll tax laws were created in order to prevent freed slaves from voting
